funny (if not necessarily "passive-aggressive") notes from pissed-off people

People should no

Rob lives in a seaside town in the U.K. He and several other neighbo(u)rs recently received versions of this handwritten note, seemingly written by an ex-employee of a hot dog stall at a nearby fairground.

Writes Rob: “It’s not quite clear who the notewriter is or exactly what the problem is. Is it the hot dogs? It is the van? Is it the terrible grammar? It is the writer responsible for the ‘handling’ of the ‘disgusting’ food? Who is the mysterious friend who was ill for 3 weeks? What is it that people should ‘no’?”

I think I may have figured out what they’re saying. It sounds like he’s warning the residents about the owners of the hot dog stand; he’s saying their handling of the food is disgusting, as evidenced by his friend’s child getting sick.
I think it says “children’s amusement” which makes no sense to me. But I think it’s more of a “don’t eat at this place because it’s dirty” type of note, especially if you have children.

PA notes used as code for drug deal locations seems to be a new trend. Perhaps the proper authorities should be informed.

One thought leading to another — maybe this explains why the note is handwritten — so the NSA won’t be able to access it and break the code. Maybe the code refers to something far more sinister than we thought.

Louis, you’re a sleuth amongst sleuths, my fine man. Not only might you have figured out what they are saying, you actually figured out what they were saying. And when not a single one amongst us could show “no” and “iff” to “ammusmer” and still come up for air! So none of this tentative “I think I may have figured out…” out of you, if I possibly may. From now on some gusto and some pride, Louis! “I have JOLLY WELL figured out…!” (Yes, shout it! Shout it loud and shout it proud!) As for you, j, you cracked me up. Have you never worked . for anyone as lacking in frankfurter ethics as Mrs Shearan and her daughter, to say nothing of their burger patties? Me, too. I should say I have. And iff I ever did it again, I’d want everyone to no what was behind the writer’s friend’s sickness, for which, to be fair, and as far as we have evidence, there is no clear path between it and Mrs Shearan at all. It seems rather a non-sequitur. I just hope she’s 100% again.

All of a sudden my head hurts. Its a food truck! Where would the competition for food poisoning roulette be without them. The all you can eat buffets would have to carry on this tradition all on their own. The horror!!!

Seaside
whenever you stroll along with me
I’m merely contemplating what you feel inside
Meanwhile I ask you to be my clementine
You say you will if you could but you can’t
I love you madly
Let my imagination run away with you gladly
A brand new angle – highly commendable
Seaside rendezvous

i think the notewriter is confessing. he’s responsible for the children getting sick for three weeks. this is the only way he could forgive himself, by warning other to stay away even though he doesn’t work there anymore.

It does indeed, that’s true. Though… I’m gonna guess we’re not dealing with a mathematician here. Just a hunch. And there are usually a few other contextual clues that warn you when someone is enough of a geek to whip out an “iff” in casual communication, but this note is absent anything remotely like that.

(I would’ve assumed the “iff” was really just an “If”, considering the writer’s overly-loopy handwriting, but comparing to the real instances of “if” elsewhere in the note it really does look like there’s a second “f”. Still, a claim that “People should no about them if-and-only-if they have children” would be even odder than most of the already-quite-odd rest of the note.)

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